Great explanation of RST....was wondering when someone would post it ! (tnx N7DF) Ocassionally I've used 598C, 579AC or 449K and have usually been greeted with multiple "?????????" I must be getting
Thanks Jim. I wasn't sure if I was crossing the line talking about 160m RFI, but where it specifically pertained to his getting QRV on 160m, I thought I'd toss it out there. BTW, he's using the same
After all this time (31˝ yrs), I finally have a JA in the TOPBAND log. Whew... JA7NI peaked true S-meter (IC-736) 579 here this morning, just before SR and I was vy thankful for his awesome ears and
Sorry for the long and rambling post. . . . OK gang, I know antennas "fairly" well, but this has me stumped...really REALLY stumped. I've beat myself up over this for 2 yrs. straight. I just can't ge
Guy & All, Thanks for the comments and questions related so far. Both installations are pretty much identical. (except for ** See below) Tower and inverted L are always close. (10-20') perhaps A-D tw
OK, on a lark, I am going to try something. I just unhooked my A-D twin drooper, err, I mean sloper from the switchbox, then took a chunk of wire and shorted it out @ the PL-259 end at the base of th
sEE MY COMMENTS BELOW Where is your T bottom with respect to the tower, INCHES AWAY FROM BASE OF TOWER. how many and kind of radials do you have below the T, A COUPLE DOZEN 1/8->1/4 WL RADIALS is the
It was quite a Dogpile on TX3A this morning. . . Mike, Coreen & Corey Smith 699 Rte 616 Keswick Ridge NB Canada E6L 1T1 -- Original Message -- From: David Hollander To: Howard K2HK Cc: topband Sent:
Hi Gang, Some folks mentioned that the top yagi is not "seen" on my short tower if I should shunt feed it. Is there any proof of that? Papers? EZNEC? Anecdotal evidence etc? (like you removed the top
! "...Whilst others claim as many radials as you can muster is the best way forward - regardless of antenna format..." ** Phil, <SNIP> . It is simply not true that we all need to have a rich uncle wh
Hi Top Banders, Has anyone ever added the extra position bandswitch wafer SW-100 http://www.harbachelectronics.com/main/page_products_other_parts.html Replacement Band Switch Wafer for Heathkit SB-20
-- I made a small edger blade for my lawn tractor....(yes, I know you said you don't own one, but perhaps you could borrow a neighbours for the afternoon?). My idea also came from the ON4UN book, but
I am an active 6m op....the EU's usually ask me for my "LOC" (short for "Locator") so if they don't know what "GS" is, try "LOC" (or I sometimes use "GRID") CU later on tonight. . . .73 de Mike VE9AA
128Q's, 760˝pts, 5 hours. VE9AA SO LP Wow, a lot tougher than I thought using only 100w and short SF tower! I think it helped having a homebrew mock-Xmas tree made of 100's of L.E.D. lights hanging o
w4zv: SNIP Under the present DXCC Rule 9 this is legal...as it would be for a station in UA0 (far Western z19) using a remote in UA9 (far Eastern z17). DXCC once had the restriction that all contacts
BIG SNIP>>> Thus far, the only solution that I've found--inelegant, maybe, but effective!--is for me to physically UNPLUG the lights from the AC mains... Has anyone else ever had run-ins of this kind
SNIP But suffice it to say that there is a one to two hour differential between the "hearing" and being able to "work" most very distant stations at sunset. Milt, N5IA, VP6DX, XZ0A -- sometimes 2+ ho
When I used to have beverages @ my old QTH in FN65rs I ran 1000's of feet of wire down through the woods here and there and everywhere on the branches of whatever trees were handy. Once I had it 3-5
I found at my workplace (a hospital) trashy QRM/N from newly installed flourescent lights had to be eminating from the switching power supplies....they were very bad ! (preventing some equipment even